Cookie Cakes

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Cookie Cakes scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Fats (All Natural Chocolate Non Hydrogenated Vegetable Fats Palmkernel , Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Fat Reduced Alkalilzed Cocoa Powder Emulsifier E322 Soy Lecithin): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Other Additives (Sweetex (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Palm Oils With Mono-And Diglycerides)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Cookie Cakes' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar, Hazelina (Sugar, Vegetable Oil, Palm, Hazelnuts, Cocoa, Skim Milk, Whey, Sunflower Lecithin, Flavouring).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Powder (Sodium Acidpyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Calcium Sulfate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Baking Soda.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.